John Thune: “The first criteria that deals with the Overseas BRAC Commission's findings and report would suggest that until those…”

“The first criteria that deals with the Overseas BRAC Commission's findings and report would suggest that until those recommendations, until the analysis is complete, until that report has been carefully analyzed, and then ultimately it says implemented, ``where appropriate,'' by the Secretary of Defense is the condition to be met. It does not specify a specific date when that happens. I think the answer, through the Chair, to the chairman's question is that the notion of having a domestic round of closures occur before decisions are made with respect to the basing needs overseas and some of the recommendations that have been brought forward by the Overseas BRAC Commission--that process would be completed prior to the implementation of the domestic BRAC recommendations.”